Message From the GO's - Election Week

Ok kids. The election is 5 days away, and we are going to be a bit more heavy handed until after election day. We understand that right now emotions are running high, and that as election day draws near, things may get a little touchy around here.

We are going to leave the board open for debate, but we are going to be much less lenient for the next week or so. So, here's how it's going to work for the next week.

1. PAs are not allowed, and post containing an PA will be immediately deleted without time for edits. Choose your words carefully.

2. Stereoyping a poster based on their vote will not be tolerated. Phrases such as "You must be poor and lazy" or "You must be a selfish bigot" because of who you vote for, will be deleted.

3. Name calling of the candidates is ridiculous. Please refer to the candidates as Gov. Romney or President Obama, or initials of those same names. Name calling and belittling the candidates names has no place on this board. Any further questions about names, please refer to the board guidelines.

4.GO's will remove violations without request for edit as well as posts copying and pasting those violations.

5. As emotions tend to run high up to and just after the election, we remind you to discuss the posts and refrain from making it personal. This is an inclusive board, comments about 'tone' and/or generalizations have no place for people who really want to debate.

6. People will ask for sources. Be prepared to defend your sources. You should expect to be challenged. Being challenged is not bullying. If you feel that you have been attacked, please report. Also, if there is "troll" behavior, please do not engage, report (DER).

Many of these are already board guidelines, but we just want to reiterate that we are not going to care about "playing fair" - we will act as we see fit and will not be spending time making excuses or explaining ourselves.

We hope you can understand that the GO's are acting for the good of the board. Any issues you have with GO decisions can be taken up via PAN. Do not use threads to criticize or discuss deleted comments.

As for election day - we may enact an election day posting policy as well. Stay tuned.